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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Kosh on April 13, 2006, 10:11:21 pm

Title: Is best buy pirating software?
Post by: Kosh on April 13, 2006, 10:11:21 pm: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060413-6596.html

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Winternals, the Texas software company known for programs such as ERD Commander 2005, has filed suit against electronics retailing giant Best Buy this week, claiming that the company has been using thousands of unlicensed copies of their software in stores across the nation. A judge has already granted a temporary restraining order against Best Buy, ordering them to refrain from using any unlicensed Winternals software

I really didn't see this coming......
Title: Re: Is best buy pirating software?
Post by: Corsair on April 13, 2006, 10:31:05 pm: :wtf:

For real? Who would be that stupid?
Title: Re: Is best buy pirating software?
Post by: NGTM-1R on April 13, 2006, 10:59:22 pm: :wtf:
Title: Re: Is best buy pirating software?
Post by: Kosh on April 13, 2006, 11:09:19 pm: Btw, has anyone even heard of "Winternals" or "ERD Commander 2005" before?
Title: Re: Is best buy pirating software?
Post by: NGTM-1R on April 13, 2006, 11:11:49 pm: Not me.

Shades of some other unknown companies suing everyone in sight for software using dubious proprietary code claims? Naaaahhh...
Title: Re: Is best buy pirating software?
Post by: Nix on April 14, 2006, 01:41:09 am: Winternals.. ah yes.. a POS I used at work once. I think it was a utility that allowed you to boot into a goofed up machine to get it to work again or to get data out before a reformat. Then I got smart and just made Ghost images of the compromised drives and viewed them got the data out in the Windows Ghost image viewer utility.
It's been ages, and I've only really used it once, seems like something stupid the "geek (gunk) squad" would use.
Title: Re: Is best buy pirating software?
Post by: kode on April 17, 2006, 03:37:32 am: Quote from: Kosh on April 13, 2006, 11:09:19 pm
Btw, has anyone even heard of "Winternals" or "ERD Commander 2005" before?

I really hadn't heard of SAP and SPSS until a few months ago either.
Title: Re: Is best buy pirating software?
Post by: redmenace on April 17, 2006, 08:19:08 am: Actually, it was the "Geek Squad" that was pirating it.
Title: Re: Is best buy pirating software?
Post by: Turambar on April 17, 2006, 08:37:58 am: Quote from: redmenace on April 17, 2006, 08:19:08 am
Actually, it was the "Geek Squad" that was pirating it.

well at least now we know that they're real legitimate geeks!!
Title: Re: Is best buy pirating software?
Post by: Triple Ace on April 18, 2006, 11:12:52 am: Quote from: redmenace on April 17, 2006, 08:19:08 am
Actually, it was the "Geek Squad" that was pirating it.

Damn those pirating nerds.